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Selenium is an essential nutrient named after the Greek goddess of the Moon − crucial to health, it may help prevent and treat cancer

Selenium is a nutrient that plays a crucial role in human health, contributing to the thyroid and immune function, DNA repair, and cardiovascular and cognitive health. It acts as an antioxidant – ...
Nature

A U-shaped association between blood selenium levels and prostate cancer: findings of a case-control study among Nigerian men

This case-control study was designed to investigate the mediating effects of environmental and lifestyle factors on PCa and BPH in men living in South-Eastern Nigeria. Description of the study ...
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Selenium Could Improve the Efficacy of Cancer Therapies

Many elements double as biologically vital minerals required by the body for normal functioning and general health. Selenium (Se) represents one of these crucial elements essential in many biological ...
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Intravenous selenium to prevent oral mucositis in patients with lymphoma or myeloma undergoing high-dose therapy followed by autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation: A ...

Depression in patients with advanced prostate cancer in SWOG advanced cancer clinical trials. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a ...
Nature

Trace element imbalances in selenium and mercury in relation to mammographic density and breast cancer progression: a case‒control study

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy among women worldwide and represents a growing global public health concern, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In 2020, it ...